Education

Project Child Care Centre

Impact created

• Till date over 12,000 children have benefited from this project.
• The project focuses on the following parameters for the holistic development of children: Personality Development, Art and Craft, Physical Development, Language and Social Development.
• In FY'2021, health check-up was conducted for 851 students enrolled in the CCC.
• Students from Tribal communities are mastering the written & oral communication in languages such as Hindi & English.
• The programme has been able to inculcate the habit of punctuality, discipline, care, social skills alongside the regular curriculum.
• The Story telling session is another highlight of the programme, where a person from the community is invited to deliver moral stories to the children to ensure they remain connected to their traditional folklore.

Rural Development

Project Clean Lighting & Clean Cooking

Impact created

• Villagers are now sensitised towards the sustainable development goal of affordable and clean energy with special focus on clean cooking and clean lighting.
• 850 households in 25 villages have started using solar lanterns in place of fuel lamps with 80% cost support from the company.
• The company shares at least 80% of the cost of alternative cooking and lighting devices.

Rural Development

Niti Aayog Aspirational District Program

• Menstrual health management through equipped medical sub-centres.
• Learner-friendly schools through improved classrooms, playgrounds, toilet facilities, boundary walls and digital education.
• Quality early childcare services through improved ICDS centres.
• Strengthening traditional and local enterprises through facilitation of women’s groups and federations.
• Community infrastructure development through creation of village roads, water, sanitation and electricity through alternative energy sources.
• Community infrastructure development through creation of village roads, water, sanitation and electricity through alternative energy sources.

Rural Development

Menstrual Health Management

Impact created

• A village-on-village basis awareness drive with a target to sensitise the community in the entire Kalahandi district was organised.
• 3,066 adolescent girls and their mothers were reached out to through 177 awareness programmes.
• Special focus is being given to dietary supplements and best hygiene practices to be followed.

Rural Development

Animal Vaccination Camp

Impact created

• Within the last two months of FY'21, animal vaccination camps were conducted in 20 villages benefitting 311 people.
• The programme started as a pilot project from Lanjigarh Block of Kalahandi district, consisting of 26 Gram Panchayats.

Health & Sanitation

Project Aarogya

Impact created

• 1,86,173 OPD registrations in the last three years.
• Single facility caters to 271 peripheral villages.
• Average 13,000 patients benefited annually with over 30% patients in the senior citizen category.
• Mobile Health Unit conducts 720 visits on an average in 8 Gram Panchayats annually
• Cases of death by malaria have reduced drastically.
• People rely more on medical practices instead of approaching quacks.
• People rely more on medical practices instead of approaching quacks.

Women's Empowerment

Project Sakhi

Impact created

• The Project now covers 307 WSHGs (Women Self Help Group) reaching nearly 3,236 Women households.
• Women from the local community have been empowered through different training programmes like Financial Literacy, Leadership Training, and Income Generation Activity Training, etc.
• Loan is now available to new micro entrepreneurs at a low interest rate and long-term repayment schedule.
• Members get facilitated for Loan linkages from Nationalised Financial Institutions and Banks.
• Access to various Governmental Schemes like PMJBY, PMSBY, APY, Sukanya, Old Age Pension, and Ujjwala Yojna have also been provided to them.
• One Block Level convergence meeting and Credit Linkage Programme was conducted by Mahashakti Foundation with support from NABARD RO, Bhubaneswar, at Biswanathpur, with the objective to increase Credit Bank linkage of SHGs in collaboration with Mission Shakti and Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM).
• Shaktimayee Foundation Board Members started a Tailoring Training Program with support of VEDANTA CSR SAKHI Project and MAHASHAKTI FOUNDATION. The main objective of this programme is to empower women through skill development and financial support. In the first phase more than 30 trainees had enrolled.

Livelihood

Project Sustainable Livelihood

Impact created

• 1,127 families benefited through livelihood initiatives
• 550 households benefited from backyard poultry project
• Around INR 4,000 average profit earned by selling poultry

• Backyard Poultry: 550 households benefited from the Backyard Poultry project where 10 chicks were given to the community along with a shed, feed, and vaccination in convergence with the government (OPELIP). Beneficiaries have earned on an average Rs 3,500-4,000 by selling poultry. Over 40% of the people have ploughed back the profit to continue the activity, making it a sustainable source of additional income.
• Orchard: In convergence with the Horticulture Department, mango plantation was done across 25 acres of land. The project emphasises on capacity building of the target families to effectively establish & maintain an orchard and build linkages with different institutions and markets.
• Mo-Upakari Bagicha: With the objective to improve access to nutrition, rich diverse vegetables and fruits, particularly for pregnant women, lactating mothers, children and adolescent girls in the family, 13 different types of seeds were facilitated to 212 households through OLM and MGNREGA to generate backyard kitchen.
• Broiler & Layer Farming: To strengthen the local poultry production system and help the local farmers generate some additional income through broiler meat and egg production, Vedanta has implemented 500 bird capacity broiler farming and 200 bird capacity layer chick units in convergence with the District Veterinary Department.
• Mushroom Cultivation: 125 households have been identified to practise Mushroom Cultivation in convergence with NABARD. A total of 1,139 mushroom beds were prepared, over 800 kgs of mushrooms were produced and the total income generation was INR 10,9424.

Community Infrastructure

Project Community Infrastructure

Impact created

• Over 500 developmental projects have been carried out since plant inception.
• Over 40 tube wells, 10 approach roads, 12 local drains, 10 community centres have been developed and dedicated to the community.

COVID 19

Project Covid 19 Readiness Program

Impact created

• Within one month, SHG members had produced more than 1.2 lakh washable masks.
• Extensive awareness activities such as mike announcements in villages, leaflet distribution, telemedicine facility, etc. were organised.
• Agricultural support was extended to farmers for continuation of their livelihood.
• The impact created by the project had actually sustained because there was a behavioural change in the community. People started using masks and are washing hands regularly to protect themselves from the deadly virus.
• The company professionals worked relentlessly to create awareness in the community towards the need of Covid 19 vaccination. The team had mobilised senior citizens, provided them transport that took them to the government-run Community Health Centres for vaccination free of cost, as per the government guidelines.
• The initial target for mask production was 20,000 but crossed 1,20,000 within a month. Such a rapid response not only ensured steady availability of masks for the community but also added to the income of the women from the tribal community.
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• The average income of the SHG members has increased to over Rs 6,626 within a span of one month.
• Mask and hygiene soap bar distribution.
• Stitched masks and soaps were distributed in the community directly and on a door-to-door basis in 76 villages.
• Over 1,00,000 masks and 40,000 soaps were distributed in the community with the support of Block Development Officer, Lanjigarh, Block Chairman, and political leaders such as Ex-MLAs of the Lanjigarh Block.